Satwik-Chirag reach World Championships quarterfinals after 82-minute win

Fifth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty battled past Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Yap Roy King 21-23, 21-19, 21-17 in an 82-minute round-of-16 match at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi. The Times of India reports the Indian pair, playing their first match of the tournament after a bye and walkover, recovered from losing the opening game to secure their fifth win in five meetings against the Malaysians.

The Indians will face Chinese third seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in the quarterfinals. Satwik told The Times of India he was more worried about his health than strategy after three months without a competitive match, but received no bad signals from his shoulder in the third game.

In women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Japan's seventh seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-16, 21-12 to reach the quarterfinals. Mixed doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto lost 16-21, 5-21 to China's Guo Xinwa and Chen Fanghui.